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Species Methylobacterium carpenticola
Name: Methylobacterium carpenticola Yoon et al. 2025
Etymology: car.pen.ti’co.la. L. neut. n. carpentum, a chariot; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. carpenticola, an inhabitant of car, as the strain was isolated from car (nominative in apposition)
Pronunciation, gender: kar-pen-TI-ko-la, neuter
Type strain: ID0610; JCM 37403; KACC 23847
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
PQ242627
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Yoon JP, Kim TH, Park SY, Yoon KY, Kim HM. Methylobacterium alsaeris sp. nov. and Methylobacterium carpenticola sp. nov., isolated from a car air conditioning system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6884. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00683 (N = 3).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-19.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Methylobacterium Patt et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Yoon JP, Kim TH, Park SY, Yoon KY, Kim HM. Methylobacterium alsaeris sp. nov. and Methylobacterium carpenticola sp. nov., isolated from a car air conditioning system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6884.
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Record number: 67014
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